BroadwayWorld.com – by Michael J. Roberts
Picture it; June 19, 1973, a small 75 seat theatre with only 63 people in attendance witnessed the Rocky Horror Show for the first time. It is doubtful that any one of those audience members knew they were witnessing the birth of a phenomenon. Yet that is just what Rocky Horror has become. On the high heels of a recent smash Broadway revival, and of course the cult film hit, Frank-N-Furter and his motley crew have brilliantly settled into the Mercury Theatre for the shows latest incarnation.
The plot (if there are those that have been living in a coffin) follows newly-weds Janet and Brad as their car breaks down on a dark and stormy night. Looking for help, they come across and old house in the distance (very Sunset Blvd.) and knock on the door for help. The house is governed by a demented transvestite (not Norma Desmond). Frank-N-Furter, who insists the newlyweds spend the night so that he can unveil to them his “creation” Rocky, a blonde-haired God, who is perfect in every way. The rest is history!